Erdoğan possibly thought the move could reverse the ongoing erosion of his popularity due, among others, to a looming economic crisis... but, praying at the Hagia Sophia Mosque will not turn a hungry man into a happy man.
Membership in the U.S. Congress is an exclusive club that comes with lucrative, taxpayer-funded privileges. Retirement perks include a lifetime pension and a taxpayer-matched savings plan with taxpayer-paid contributions of up to five percent of salary.
"if there’s wrongdoing, the American people need to understand that.” The sentiment is surely genuine but how close his committee is to providing this understanding is unclear...
Unfortunately for Powell, Daly, and other Fed promoters, a cursory look at the Fed’s operations shows that the central bank is the leading cause of economic inequality...
